travel dates back roughly 700 years
and today has even become sport hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the three Olympic
sledding sports bobsled luge and
skeleton all three sliding sports
evolved from toboggans and sleds used
for travel and amusement in snowy
countries the idea of racing down a
track materialized in the Alps in the
mid nineteenth century an Olympic event
since the first Winter Games in 1924
bobsled involves a team of racers
sitting in an aerodynamic sleigh
descending down an icy track in this
timed event
athletes must push the sled to a
competitive speed before jumping into a
seated position for the remainder of the
run today it is either a two or
four-person event with one pilot who
steers and one rider who commands the
brakes the sled speed is dependent on
the condition of the ice weight of the
sled as well as the pilots talent for
precise driving races are often won by
hundredths of a second and so any
mistake can significantly alter the
outcome of a run introduced to the
Olympics at the 1964 Innsbruck Games the
luge has racers flying face-up
on an open sled down an ice track speeds
in the sport can reach almost 90 miles
or 140 km/h as in bobsled the beginning
of the race is crucial
starting out seated but quickly changing
to as aerodynamic a position as possible
losers steer with their legs and
shoulders it is competed as either a
singles or doubles event skeleton is
comparable to the luge however instead
of laying supine on the sled competitors
race headfirst down the track these
athletes must run as quickly as possible
at the beginning of the race to gain
momentum no braking equipment is
permitted and speeds reach up to 80
miles or 130 km/h the event appeared at
both the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympic
Games and was finally reintroduced in
Salt Lake City in 2002 for their
incredible speed Olympic sledding sports
are always an exciting spectacle
and today has even become sport hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the three Olympic
sledding sports bobsled luge and
skeleton all three sliding sports
evolved from toboggans and sleds used
for travel and amusement in snowy
countries the idea of racing down a
track materialized in the Alps in the
mid nineteenth century an Olympic event
since the first Winter Games in 1924
bobsled involves a team of racers
sitting in an aerodynamic sleigh
descending down an icy track in this
timed event
athletes must push the sled to a
competitive speed before jumping into a
seated position for the remainder of the
run today it is either a two or
four-person event with one pilot who
steers and one rider who commands the
brakes the sled speed is dependent on
the condition of the ice weight of the
sled as well as the pilots talent for
precise driving races are often won by
hundredths of a second and so any
mistake can significantly alter the
outcome of a run introduced to the
Olympics at the 1964 Innsbruck Games the
luge has racers flying face-up
on an open sled down an ice track speeds
in the sport can reach almost 90 miles
or 140 km/h as in bobsled the beginning
of the race is crucial
starting out seated but quickly changing
to as aerodynamic a position as possible
losers steer with their legs and
shoulders it is competed as either a
singles or doubles event skeleton is
comparable to the luge however instead
of laying supine on the sled competitors
race headfirst down the track these
athletes must run as quickly as possible
at the beginning of the race to gain
momentum no braking equipment is
permitted and speeds reach up to 80
miles or 130 km/h the event appeared at
both the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympic
Games and was finally reintroduced in
Salt Lake City in 2002 for their
incredible speed Olympic sledding sports
are always an exciting spectacle
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